Meaning & use
kiln
A furnace or oven used to bake, dry, or harden materials such as clay, bricks, or timber.
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The potter fired her bowls in a kiln heated to over a thousand degrees.
Freshly cut lumber is dried in a kiln before it is sold for construction.
A note on using this word
Kiln is used for industrial or craft heating, not for cooking food; compare it with 'oven,' a household appliance.
Words with a similar meaning
furnaceoven
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